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  • Spain's linguistic differences have been a major source of political tension
  • The government is made up of a mayor and 52-member city council
  • City Hall is located in the Plaza de la Villa in the colonial section of Madrid
  • There are three political parties known as the Popular Party, Spanish Socialist Workers Party and the United Left
  • Madrid is a democracy which means that everyone was a right to vote
  • In Mardid there is a government and a royal family